by Grady Chambers | Feb 13, 2024 | Black History Month, General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Let’s give a big round of applause to Richard, a CIS participant celebrating his one-year anniversary at work 👏! 👏. Richard works at Temple University, where he was hired by Aramark to work in one of the campus dining halls, and he’s been rocking the house ever since....
by Grady Chambers | Feb 8, 2024 | Black History Month, General, News
A core part of our work is understanding—and responding to—the intersecting challenges faced by a person with disabilities when that individual also embodies another marginalized identity. Nowhere is that reality more illuminated than in Sami Schalk’s 2022 book, Black...
by Grady Chambers | Feb 7, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Give it up for Natalie, who recently took a little break from her job at Michaels to pose for a picture. Natalie has been working there for over a year and has become a favorite at the store. She’s doing great at work, and brings lots of experience to her new...
by Grady Chambers | Feb 6, 2024 | Black History Month, General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Give it up for Nic, who recently received some nice recognition for the great he’s doing in his position at Lowe’s. Nic has been working there since 2021. In three years, Nic has learned and excelled at the ins and outs of his daily job responsibilities, and...
by Grady Chambers | Feb 5, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
2024 is off to a roaring start at CIS, where 29 participants started new jobs in January! 🤯 From the Philadelphia School District to the Wells Fargo Center, from positions as printmakers to jobs as administrative assistants, line chefs, and salespeople, CIS...
by Grady Chambers | Feb 1, 2024 | Black History Month, General, News
Happy February, everyone! Today marks the start of Black History Month. All month long we’ll be sharing a range of resources and stories touching on Black history and disability rights, from spotlighting Black trailblazers in the disability community to sharing...
by Grady Chambers | Jan 30, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Staff Spotlights
Hit the ‘like’ button for all our participants and staff who attended last week’s LIFE Conference, Delaware’s premier conference on disability. While we had a number of CIS staff-members attend the conference, it was really our participants who played a...
by Grady Chambers | Jan 25, 2024 | Delaware, General, News, Participant Stories
We had an absolute blast hanging out at Dogfish Head for two nights of food, beer, and fundraising over the course of January! The night was a huge hit, with a great mix of CIS staff and participants (and their families and friends too) coming out to Dogfish Head for...
by Grady Chambers | Jan 22, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Did you know that The School District of Philadelphia has a Print Shop? Not only that, but CIS participant Nicholas just had his first day working there, and he’s already looking like a pro! Nick was hired at the District’s Print Shop in early January. In his first...
by Grady Chambers | Jan 19, 2024 | Employer Focused, General, News, Staff Spotlights
Recently, our Director of Operations, Kelly Carrol, and Director of Employment Services, Melissa Good, had the fantastic opportunity to attend the 2024 Everyday Lives Conference in Hershey, PA! The Everyday Lives Conference is a training conference hosted by the...
by Grady Chambers | Jan 11, 2024 | General, News, Staff Spotlights
What a fun first night of food, beer, friends, and fundraising at Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats!!! These fantastic pictures are from last Wednesday when Dog Fish Head welcomed CIS to the restaurant as part of the brewery’s series of Benevolence Nights supporting...
by Grady Chambers | Jan 5, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
It was so great to see so many folks come out to the recent hiring event for job-seekers with disabilities that we hosted with our partners at Transition Pathways, an initiative of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute. The hiring event was one of our biggest...
